Protecting Quality of Life in our Neighborhood
Mission
The association is dedicated to protecting and maintaining the quality of life for people living in its geographic area and contributing to the quality of life for residents of the borough of Manhattan overall.
Observations
The City of New York has chosen to ignore its own laws and protection of its neighborhood’s residents and business owners. We demand that the city enforce its laws and uphold our quality of life in the West 57th Street Neighborhood. Our issues include:
Incessant noise
From mopeds and electronic bike alarms that go off continuously, day and night. The frequency of these alarms has increased exponentially after the installation of a substantial bike rack in front of the Watson Hotel to serve as parking for electric bicycles and mopeds used by delivery drivers.
Pedestrian safety risk
Has increased since 2022 due to the large number of bike and moped riders ignoring traffic laws and riding on our sidewalks
Fire hazard risk
From the dozens of Lithium battery operated bikes chained to the scaffolding in front of the Watson Hotel.
Trash
Such as food containers and plastic cups strewn on sidewalks and streets. Pileup due to DSNY’s inability to clean around the large bike rack and mopeds, as well as discarded litter from groups that congregate around the bike rack on the street and sidewalks. Pet owner’s failure to clean up their pet’s discharges and the failure of stores & building management to clean their front walks are also problems affecting quality of life
Suspected illegal activity
Related to the black market “renting” of e-tablets to the delivery drivers in front of the Watson Hotel. This brings individuals to our block every day in unregistered vehicles and uninspected automobiles with expired paper license plates. People also eat, sleep over night in these illegally parked vehicles, and use the open street as a bathroom facility
Traffic hazards
Where ingress and egress of the parking garage on the south side of the block is severely impeded by these mopeds and bikes, placing citizens at risk. The bike rack contains about 100 vehicles at any given time with dozens of tethered e-bikes and is situated in metered spaces and a No Standing Anytime zone. Clear violations of New York City’s Traffic Rules and Regulations and New York State Vehicle and Traffic law occur daily
IMPACTS
We residents of the West 57th street neighborhood refuse to let this situation continue. The Department of Sanitation cannot properly clean West 57th street because the illegally parked cars do not move.
As taxpayers, residential renters and owners, and as business owners, we see the inaction of the city as a form of real revenue loss at a time when the city is running budget deficits!
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LOSING parking spaces in the street while allowing illegal parking of unregistered vehicles.
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LOSING clean streets.
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LOSING associated revenue from meters & parking tickets.
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LOSING the quiet enjoyment of our streets with constant and stressful noise from moped alarms.
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LOSING city sales tax captured on real estate and every-day business sales.
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